Black and white image of Peter Forey, a renowned fossil fish researcher

Today marks 10 years since fish palaeontologist Peter Forey died. He wrote more than 120 papers & was renowned for his work on teleost fishes & coelacanths. I was fortunate to cross over with him when I first started @nhm-london.bsky.social & he invited me to co-author one of his last papers.

Merry Fishmas to all who celebrate. I hope Santa Jaws has been good to you all 🤶🏼🦈

#fishmas #sanatajaws #christmas

Thank you, Jack! Zerina is not on here, but I will pass on the message. It's been great having you in the collection and watching your career prosper over the years. I'm glad we could help in a small way.

Can everyone who left their tote bag behind in Meeting Room Hall 3, or picked up the wrong one, please pop by the International Convention Centre this morning.

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#SVP2025

Emma on stage in Meeting Room Hall 4 with her title slide.

Emma Bernard presenting her research as part of @chalksea.bsky.social that samples chalk nannofossils fossils from over 1000 Cretaceous fossil fish specimens at @nhm-london.bsky.social to significantly clarify their stratigraphic context.

Meeting Room Hall 4
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A fossil coelacanth (Macropoma) from the Chalk in a drawer in the NHM London collections.

Well preserved fossil fish from the Chalk in the NHM London collections.

#FossilFriday at #SVP2025 today! Emma Bernard will be talking about dating the amazing @nhm-london.bsky.social chalk fish collections at 09:30 in Hall 4. Then check out posters by Twitchett/Underwood and Kaia Spence on new #chalk sharks & coelacanth size in Poster Session III, Hall 3 (4:30 - 6:30).

Our new temporary exhibition Feeding Without Jaws is open TODAY!

Come and immerse yourself in the fascinating world of ancient fish.

We are open 10am-4pm Mon-Fri, 12pm-5pm Sat-Sun and are free to visit 🐟

#LapworthRocks #FeedingWithoutJaws #NewExhibition #SVP2025 #Palaeontology #Paleontology

Fossil fish, Hopolopteryx in Chalk matrix

For #FossilFiday a new paper on the size change of Hopolopteryx fish during the #Cretaceous with varying ocean temperature. The study was part of the @chalksea.bsky.social project & led by Masters student, Chloe Griffiths.
Well done Chloe 👏

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

It's goes on and on. However, I'll raise you Leedsichthys, that thing multiplies overnight.

I was doing some filming today with the fantastic @nhm-london.bsky.social team.
Watch this space, you will definitely need a much bigger boat! 🦈

Oh yes they do

First post here & this is a great one to kick off with.

New paper & a new shark! Hello Pararhincodon torquis 👋🏼

Thank you to @euphanerops.bsky.social for inviting me to be part of the project.

It highlights the importance of museum collections & looking at specimens with different analysis.